Really it’s an amazing project and the linked resources are great at explaining what Open Source Ecology is. Thank you for introducing it.
What, specifically, is this community for? What are the parameters of the conversations you want to encourage? I suppose I’m looking for some idea of community mission statement. Is that something we can have a conversation about?
Hello! Great to have you here, sorry for the delay in responding :D
We can talk about:
- Open Hardware Projects (particularly if related to ecological mindset ;))
- Open Software Projects (also particularly if related to ecological mindset)
- How to encourage people to participate in Open Hardware and Open Software Development
- Discussions on starting Open Enterprises and Mass Collaboration Efforts
- Discussions on what it’s like volunteering or working with OSE
- Attempts to replicate or contribute to Global Village Construction Set or Eco Homes and related projects
- Topics related to OSE Guiding Philosophies (Integrated Human, Abundance Economy): https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/Category:Guiding_philosophies
Personally, I’m going to try to start posting helpful resources starting with the more developed projects and proceeding to the less developed projects. I know that the way the wiki is, that it can be overwhelming for new people, even though it’s really an amazing resource. I hope to make it less intimidating by helping people understand how to navigate the project.
But certainly by no means must all posts be absolutely directly/officially related to OSE.
There needs to be a guide on how to use that wiki. Finding the files to download is such a pain in the ass. Unfortunately a majority of the links I clicked on were dead as well.
Do we know if the original OSE community is active? They have been silent on social media for the better part of 6 months.
I live in a literal desert as well as a food desert and would love to build a co-op to for a community garden or other things.
I am a member of our local hacker space, I regrettably do not get out there enough.
If it isn’t too much trouble, can you tell me the pages with the broken links?
Haha, I mean yeah that is a lot of trouble. However, I will do it over the next couple of days. Have some outside projects I want to do, and work starts again tomorrow. So, hang tight and I’ll update you.
I don’t remember what I was looking at but it was one of the 100 percent complete projects.
Totally understandable.
Btw in reaponse to your other question about current OSE activities, the team has been heads down building the Seed Eco Home 4. Heres an image from their recent FB post.
The Seed Eco Home project is the one I wanted to post about next
I haven’t been on Facebook in almost two years. Completely deactivated FB. So, it makes sense as to why I hadn’t seen any new info if that is where it’s being posted! Thanks for letting me know! Still compiling broken links on the OSE.WIKI
I did see Marcin posting updates to the wiki on July 3rd and July 6th. I still need to go in and see what they are about.
I’d love to get in on the eco home, I’ve been pouring through the designs and I absolutely love it.
Even though I’m on Facebook, I use it rarely, and I wasn’t even in this particular subgroup where he posted it until he shared the update with me directly 😂. So I totally get ya.
Thanks for the reply. I really hope this community takes off over time. I dearly love these topics, so I’ll definitely be watching and contributing when I can.
My latest personal obsession is low-power solar and designing energy harvesting circuits using supercapacitors. There are many applications where a battery isn’t strictly necessary.
For instance a stock pond aeration system or running a vent fan could all happen while the sun is shining. Intermittent operations would still achieve the stated purpose and reduce system complexity. Supercapacitors also last longer than batteries and are cheaper.
I’ve been using the latest LLM systems to talk over my circuit designs. It’s like having a stoned expert to talk design issues over with. I prototype the real circuit on a breadboard and give the AI my circuit in the form of a netlist. It can help me tweak circuit behavior and choose appropriate resistance values, as an example.
I mention this because one of the challenges with ecological thinking is developing that “systems thinking”. Having a somewhat intelligent partner to talk about a system (a circuit with 10 interconnected components in this case, but it works for any other system too) really helps one to intuitively understand the overall system function.
I hope for the same from this community. Over time I hope we can build a really cool discussion group where we can help each other understand the complex world we live in. Hearing other perspectives is absolutely invaluable when trying to understand complexity.
What you are doing sounds super interesting! I’m currently saving up to purchase some Arduino hardware and some various sensors for mixing nutrients and monitoring my condo lettuce-factory, lol. The idea of using low voltage solar with super conductors is a great idea.
Any vids you would recommend I watch to start learning?
This one is pretty close to the project I’m working on. I just got my parts in the mail yesterday and won’t have a lot of time to put it into practice till the weekend. I’ll post something here when I get a more finished version. Right now it works, but it runs ragged, so I’m adding a comparator IC and a transistor to provide a clean voltage cutoff.
Always happy to talk electronics! The super capacitors are a great thing to know about because there are a lot of applications that don’t need to run 24/7. My 750ml aquarium will do just fine being only aerated during daylight hours, for instance. A vent for a shed could operate the same way too.
News about right to repair or artificial scarcity.
Devekplopments in open hardware technology that aligns with OSE’s mission.
Those are great. Since this is on a solarpunk instance, I’d go so far as to say this could be a good community for ‘practical solarpunk’ discussions. Anything about how to actually build a solarpunk world, the nitty gritty stuff.
After all the OSE is the ultimate ’how-to’ project. It has themes of self-sufficiency and sustainability, as well as a dirty-fingernails approach. Renewable energy topics, especially DIY, small-scale and innovative grid concepts and tools would be things I’d definitely engage with.
